Cait Hutnik, Photographer |
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Nearly Eyeless California Newt
Crossing Hicks, 21Mar06 |
| Late afternoon on a rainy spring day. | ||
| Something odd about this adult California Newt found crossing Hicks Road. | ||
| It had recently been severely injured, its head nearly crushed. | ||
| The left eye and nostril are completely gone. | ||
| A smooth, featureless snout and hollow left eye socket are all that remain. | ||
| But it has already begun the process of regenerating its damaged flesh. | ||
| Once off the road, it continued making its way towards Guadalupe Reservoir. | ||
| As good as blind and with an impaired sense of smell. | ||
| It still knew which direction to travel. | ||
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